A study on epistemic modal elements expressed in the selected State of the Nation Address of Ghana

Table 1.

Distribution of Epistemic Modality Categoriesand their Meanings

Epistemic Elements CertaintyFrequency UncertaintyFrequency TentativenessFrequency Total Percentage100%

Modal Aux. Verbs 7 0 7 14 60.87
Modal Adjuncts 7 2 0 9 39.13
Total 14 2 7 23 100.0